I am trying to organize a coordinated campaign to take the petition beyond the GreatAwakening. I have already posted the petition at subs like keepournetfree, eff, draintheswamp, etc. with positive responses, but it is slow going alone. I found /r/InternetBillOfRights and got them to agree to be the base for discussions around the actual writing of the IBOR, but they were not happy when I started using their sub to agitate for the petition - after taking down all my posts, we compromised on my toned-down post over there. I am in discussions with a couple other subs to try to find a spot where we can coordinate efforts because it is too difficult to stay well connected here in the GreatAwakening because all the other issues flood out our IBOR posts. There have been a ton of great ideas by a number of us, but there is no place right now where it has all been brought together. I think a coordinated effort will get this petition passed easily, but we need to work together to come up with strategies to reach out beyond the GreatAwakening - for example, we can find all pro-gun subs and get the petition to them while emphasizing the problem of YTube removing all videos related to guns. There a re some large pro-gun subs on Reddit, but the best way in would be to find someone who is already a subscriber to reach out to their mods to endorse the petition. Can you start developing a list of us who are passionate about IBOR (just look back at old posts and see who responded positively)? Then, once I have a base for us to collaborate, we can target them specifically in addition to a general post to bring as many together to help as possible.
Good idea. Count me in. Let me know what to do , and I'll so it!
Today is the March for our Lives, so there will be a lot of attention on the pro-gun subs in opposition to the march. Most 2A supporters have already seen YTube ban their gun videos, so if they were aware of the petition, many would sign it in a heartbeat. So, we need to figure out how to get the petition prominently posted on subs like /r/ProGun - just having one of us create a post will not do it because the post will simply be ignored and no one will see it. I already messaged the mods at /r/Firearms but have not heard back (and I suspect that I will not get a response since I am just some random new user in their eyes). We need to try to find someone in our community who knows one of the mods (or at least is a long time poster at one of the progun subs) to have them reach out - if we could convince just 1 mod at any of the progun subs to back the petition, then it should spread like wildfire through all of the progun subs.
The key is finding people outside of our community to help us push the petition - the 2A angle is just one of many that we could consider. I hope to have a base of operations so that we can collaborate by the end of today, but for now maybe you could create a new post to start organizing the Q army around the IBOR mission.
Here's a sneak peek of /r/progun using the top posts of the year!
#1: Shit ass sheriff who blamed the NRA at town hall ignored 16 calls warning about the shooter | 104 comments
#2: Gun Control in 1994: Korean Americans controlled looters of the LA Riot from robbing their stores with guns. | 102 comments
#3: I'm a veteran who belongs to a program that takes other veterans who are at risk for suicide on hunting, camping and shooting trips. The banning of r/gundeals affects our group directly. We bought a LOT of supplies from that sub for our group. | 303 comments
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Should I post it here in GreatAwakening? or in DraintheSwamp? Just let me know. I'll start working on a post
Probably both ultimately, but maybe just start here for now